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To-mounow.-Morning, :7h. 3m.—Afternoon, 7h. 40m. tlOVlkrl iP 4A ** ll ' Utt LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1864. GARIBALDI'S Farewell to London has in due course been followed by his Farewell to England. The latter Address—rather more lengthy and evi dently more highly elaborated than its predecessor —will be found elsewhere in our columns this evening : followed, it will be seen also, by a brief but earnest expression of his gratitude to the Eng lish Newspapers. As to the farewell address of General GARIBALDI to the mass of our fellow countrymen, while we ourselves here in England may regard it as more than anything else an effusion of feeling consequent upon the extraordinary recep tion accorded to Gen. GARIBALDI, from the moment of his landing from the Ripon at Southampton to the moment of his embarking on board the bake of SUTIIERL.AND's yacht the Uudine at Ply mouth upon his return voyage to Caprera—it may be as well perhaps to consider for a moment how this docure,fat will in all human probability be regarded by con tinental observers. Many a gobemouche on the E 4ropean Continent has long ago come to the conclusi,o, that the whole of this amazing move ment here in England has been the result of pre-arrangentent. It" means something," they w ou ld argue = s oraetlain g (that is to say) sieister --some deep Sign on the part of the English Government. Lignifies nothing at ail to them— to those deale r ; in canards to taoso discoverers of maresnests, te, all that class of infatuated alarmists —that we .ourselves here in England laugh to scorn ei ,-ery preposterous imputation of the kind As a som ethin g too entirely ridiculous to ,demand one instant's serious refu tation. We—" trio Ning full well the character of our own fell ow coun t r ymen, and knowing also full well th e charact ',sr of our leading statesmen, wh e th er Whig or Tory, Liberal or Conservative, it matters just absolutelyn, )thing—see the truth so thoroughly that it is comp letely transparent to us—and, so seein g i t , we kn )w absolutely that insinuations of this absurd kin a are in their nature perfectly ridiculous. Pa; ash's great comic cartoonist, Mr. TENNIEL, hit I 'he notion very cleverly, in- deed, only a few weeks since—hit it, as one may say, just exactly between wind and water—where he depicted the ideal Goddess of France in her atelier painting Mr. JOHN Thou's portrait in the character of an Arch-Conspirator— a scowl on the strut old gentleman's brow, revolvers and bowie knives thrust in his girdle, a guerilla-like sombrero on his pate, the smear - of a brigand-like moustache upon his upper lip. And all the while—confronting Gallia—there was Mr. JOHN BULL himself, in the fieab, very substantially in the flesh, giving her goddeeship a sitting with an ineffable smirk upon his lips, looking, in fact, as sheepish as any old bell -wether on his downs, as harmless, in truth, as any unweaned calf in his farm yard. That—as plainly as pincil could put it on boxwood—was literally the English of Yet, while we ourselves know the fact of the matter to be just as we are here putting it into words from a remembrance of the good humoured satire drawn by the most gifted of all our political caracaturists —we know perfectly well also that such is our national reputation on the continent, that hardly any people in Europe will give it credence, even partial credence. And certainly it must be con fessed we have here in England been blundering, time after time, of late, or at any rate we have been allowing cur statesmen so to blunder re peatedly into false positions—yielding thereby a sort of an excuse to the more cynical of our tradu cers on the continent. Things, in fact, have so fallen out here, not once or twice, but repeatedly— that afforded a kind of a colourable reason to the base insinuations of sinister motives and dark underhand designs on the part of our Government. Immediately before GARIBALDI'd coming to England, for example, there was a certain member of our Administration, a subordinate one, no doubt, (though he did vaunt himself a Minister of the Crown)—but, however subordinate his position, still a Member of the Administration who was detected not merely as being an intimate friend for many years past of MAZZINI'S, not merely as being a sympathiser with, and an eulogiser of, MAZZINI, but as one directly mixed up with MazziNi in his Secret Correspondence, the Secret Correspondence of a man notorious all over Europe as an Arch-Conspirator. That came to light—that was dragged to light—with difficulty at first, but fully and clearly in the end—not in any obscure corner of London, bat within the House of Commons itself —immediately before the recent arrival in this country of General GARIBALDI. And, then—after ail this extraordinary manifestation of en thusiasm in favour of GARlBALDl—another Minister of the Crown, one who, by his posi• tion, no less than by his own personal importance is entitled to be so defined, is detected (that is really the word for it), is at first with some difficulty, but afterwards quite clearly, found out to have been, on the sly, " hinting" a reason, "hesitating" a cause for GARIBALDI'S hasty depar ture from London, on the spur of the moment, from England immediately afterwirds—just upon the eve of the opening of the sittings of the Confe rence! Proceedings of this Lind, whether on the part of an ex-Junior Lord of the Admiralty or on the part of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, are, certainly (there can be no denying this at least) not above board— and, therefore, it need hardly be added, are not worthy of any member (great or little) of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government. Conscious of these kind of unlucky facts, our more cynical observers on the Continent will not un naturally, under the circumstances, be putting their own construction upon the wording of this Address of Farewell to England, this Address pennad at the moment of his departure from o ur shores by General GARIBALDI. Lord CHELMSFORD'S observations on the subject of the law of Prizes were very much to the purpose ; and just at the present time seem very appropriate • It is very important that all who aro well qualified to give an opinion upon such topics should come forward at this juncture and lend their aid to the disentanglement of a Eu')ject which concerns so many persons, and relates to such varied interests. It is only when men of mark come forward that the authorities will condescend to pay any attention to the eager and expectant individuals who want to know what is going forward, and are very anxious to see some changes wrought in the system. The correspondence concerning the Tuscaloosa was the groundwork of Lord CHELMSFORD'S discourse, and he very ably demonstrated the fallacies of the ex pressions made use of by our Government in the course of the discussion. Certainly our Ministers do not meet with much encouragement in their publication of despatches and bestowal of corres pondence. There is always some one to get up and declaim against the want of spirit that they have displayed in dealing with this potentate, or to des cant upon the illegality of their claims and the false nature of their policy. Be these strictures true or not in a general sense, it is certain that Lord CHELMSFORD made good his case against the powers that be. He asked whether the Government had recalled their instructions, which was about as strong a hint as he could give that they were of a class suicidal in policy and ruinous in character to those who had sent them forth. No one could have put a case more strongly than did Lord CHELMS FORD in showing the illegality practised by our Government in their actions with the Tuscaloosa from the outset. It is a very good thing to let this subject engross the thoughts and occupy the atten tion of the House and public for a brief period again before the whole question is cast into the limbo of things forgotten. Unwise and incomprehensible as has been the conduct of our Government thr'ough out the whole course of the American war, the Tuscaloosa case stands prominently forward as an example of inconsistency, harshness, and injudiciousness. From first to last there have been a doubt and hesitation and an utter want of proper feeling exhibited that must prejudice our country in the eyes of foreign nations, and militate against the appearance of consistency which we ought to maintain in our relationships to belligerent Powers. Why the Tuscaloosa should have been interfered with at all is a question that may very naturally be asked by the ignorant, and the well-informed may reecho with double earnestness and energy, The injudi cious interference, and the most unwarrantable intrusion created an awkward situation, and formed a dilemma ready made, es it were, into which our infatuated authorities plunged them selves double deep, and for all the subsequent cone fusions that environed them, and for all the atten dant annoyances and mortifying retractations they had but themselves to thank. So far as anyone can make a sequence to the story or draw a moral from the tale, it was a case of unjust seizure, and shameful spoliation of the rights of others, fol lowed . by timid retractatioss, and undignified re scinding of orders. As Lord CHELMSFORD forcibly put the case, the previous it tstructions must have been either right or wrong. «If they were wrong, her MAJESTY'S Government need have felt no humiliation in admitting th sir error, and making an apology, and it would further have been an act of generosity to which the Confederates were en tirely unaccustomed." Lord. CB - ELMSFORD went on to show the mistake made in tie line of procedure adopted by the Government, i I their instructions were right, for they gave the vessel b, , ck to its original owners, and then summarily dispossessed them of it. The real secret of all this confusion worse confounded was distinctly given by the noble and learned lord in this short but sharp summary. " The fact was, her MAJESTY'S Government did not like to admit they were wrong, and could not assert that they were right." Matters have truly come to a pretty pass when this is the record fur nished of an official transaction in which our Ministers have been concerned for many months. It needs no political opponent to teach the adhe rents of the Government that a change is impera tively necessary when such tactics rule the hour, and such policy obtains favour in high places. The sooner the debateable point is settled, and the re sponsibility left to the discretion of Ministers taken from those so manifestly incapable of exer cising it, the better. Rules and regulations had better hedge in the conduct of officials in all these perplexing situations, and the law of "neutrals" be too firmly fixed and clearly defined for the veriest partisan to alter it, or the most reckless and prejudiced chief to depart from it. It was a piece of arrogant assumption and gross impertinence to send out such a series of instructions as those which emanated from our Cabinent. Oa this occa , sion, as Lord CHELMSFORD very properly put it, there was no authority for the proposition that was laid down concerning the right of neutrals to deal with prizes after the fashion pursued by her MAJESTY'S Government respecting the Tuscaloosa. Earl RUSSELL'S remarks were very much what might have been expected from the noble lord, full of grandiloquent asseverations and indignant re monstrances that really signified nothing, and would not bear investigation, either as to the validity of his arguments or the consistency of his statements. For the noble lord to have uttered this last sentence, however, was a piece of astounding assurance, of which few could have believed even him to be capable. After descanting upon the several points of the affair, he thus wound up—" It appears to me that in ali these cases the right course to pursue is that of perfect neutrality, and that we ought not to show ourselves to be animated by a feeling of partiality either on one side or the other." This is excellent in theory, but who can honestly aver that such principles are put in practice at our Foreign Office ? Have not our Ministers time after time exposed themselves to the ridicule, the contempt, and the indignation of all honest and independent men by their deter mined advocacy of the Federals in every especial particular, and by their unjust and unprejudiced conduct towards the Confederates. The best proof of their very inconsistent policy is afforded by the fact that over and over again they have compromised themselves in going too far to please the Govern ment at Washington, while in no single instance has there been any need to draw back in their friendly movements towards the South, nor in aggressive actions to its opponents. When a Minister gets up in the Hoase and enunciates a principle or lays down a scheme of policy which sounds very well Ind promises very fairly, and then goes back to his department and directly contradicts by his deeds what he has eagerly and earnestly advocated by his words, a very sad state of things occurs. Such a grievance is now felt ty those who seek for public truth and political morality, and beyond the in jurious and injudicious workings of our foreign regulations at present, we have to lament a decad ence in the tone and a deterioration in the character of our authorities at home. It is all a system of shuffling that prevails, and a regular course of action is laid out consisting of bullying the weak and cringing to the strong, so that the old prestige of our national spirit is fast vanishing swap. Those who pursue a devious course cannot possibly be clear in their accounts of themselves or over scrupu lous in neir dealings with each other, and one of the consequences of ail this double-dealing in foreign affairs has been, that we never get a bona fide statement from Ministers about anything that touches on awkward subjects. One of the most difficult questions connected with our colonial administration came up for dis cussion in the House of Commons en Tuesday even ing. On that occasion Mr. MILLS moved for copies of any correspondence which may have taken place between the Colonial Secretary and Sir GEORGE GREY, relative to the proposed policy of confisca tion. The hon. member, in a speech of some length, called the attention of the House to the condition of affairs in that country. He deplored the continuance of the war, and regretted that tE e local Government should have proposed measures which could only tend to prolong it : he expressed his belief that the actual expenses of the war would not fall far short of £1,000,000 sterling, and entreated the House to consider calmly which course it was the duty of this country to pursue, and act upon it without delay or vacillation. The acts which the hon. mem ber brought under the notice of the House must certainly be regarded as harsh and exceptional measures. Those on the spot can probably best judge of the necessity and desirability of such ex treme proceedings, but they certainly seem to be opposed to the usual principles of English legislation. A military dictatorship may be advisable just now, but the existence of such an exigency is always much to be de plored, and we shall hope that within a very short period Governor and governed may alike decide upon withdrawing one at least of these arbitrary measures, whose extreme severity can only be justified by the common peril of the settlement. The first of these acts confiscates 5,000,000 acres of native land, although a favourable clause is added, giving to innocent persons a right to compensation on establishing their innocence. The other act suspends the operation of the ordirary courts of law, and to hang, imprison, or otherwise punish persons suspected of treason, who were to be tried by a combined court of regular and militia officers. The passing of such an act by the Colonial Legisla ture puts the Home Government in an awkward position. They are loth to countenance such ex treme measures, and yet, as Mr. CARDWELL very justly pointed out in his clear and temperate reply, it might create serious difficulties were the Colonial Office to disallow the act in question. Mr. CARD WELL went on to say that such a course would, in his opinion, be neither " wise, politic, nor even possible," and in this view we fully coincide. It is difficult for us rightly to appreciate the perplexities and embarrassments of the local Government, placed as they are in the midst of treacherous and disaf fected natiTes ; but of late years they have more ;requantly been censured for an excess of leniency than for unnecessary harshness. If, therefore, they have been driven to pass such measures, we may feel confident that they had some plausible reason for adopting a course so foreign to their usual policy, and it would be highly indiscreet on the part of the Colonial Office to lessen their authority, to suggest injustice and disunion in our councils to the natives, and to irritate the already agi tated and incensed colonists by so abrupt an interference with that privilege of self-govern ment which we long ago bestowed upon them. Under these circumstances Mr. CARDWELL has fol lowed a wise and prudent course, avoiding alike injudicious interference, on the one hand, and a Leo TIM SUY, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2r3, 1864. ready acquiescence in extreme measures?, on the other. Without directly opposing the colonial statute, he had endeavoured to restrain its action within just and reasonable limits by his instructions to the Governor. The views which he expressed were such as are likely to secure the concurrence of the public. They included the maintenance of the Governor's authority, the chastisement of the guilty, the demand for a reasonable indemnity, and after the due amount of chastisement should have been inflicted, the publication of an amnesty to all not personally concerned in heinous offences, such as murder in cold blood, &c. It is also suggested that sundry precautions should be taken with a view to preventing injustice, or too great severity. No confiscation is to take place without the personal concurrence of the Governer, and there is to be an open commission for the investigation of any case in which confiscation is intended. It will thus be seen that the authority of the Governor is fully maintained, while due regard is had to the claims of justice and mercy. Tne Home Government has certainly every right to make these suggestions, since it has taken a more than nominal part in assisting the colonists. It has, as Mr. CARDWELL reminded the House, sent 10,000 troops for their protection, as well as giving then " an able and a distinguished General," for the immediate direction of affairs. Most of the substuent speakers ex pressed themselves fully satisfied with the state ment of the Colonial Secretary, although conside rable difference of opinion existed as to the origin of the war, some attributing it to the disputes about the possession of land, others to the Maori King movement, and others, again, to the deliberate put• pose of the natives in the northern island to exter minate the settlers. The difficulties attending the whole subject are undoubtedly very great, and they were shown by the conflicting opinions in the de bate of the other evening. One trouble is, that those who uphold the cause of the natives, do so without any regard for the feelings or risk of the colonists, and, consequently, their eloquent denun ciations of the inhumanity and injustice of the British fall powerless on the oars of those who have been listening to tales of plundered farms, of burning cottages, and old men and children mas sacred by the wayside. After Mr. Minns's tem perate but decided advocacy of the Maori cause, and Mr. BUXTON'S more vehement language on the same side, Mr. CARDWELL did well to remind the House that this present war had its origin in the barbarous murder of the officers and men who formed part of an inoffensive convoy. Sir GEORGE GREY wrote home to the e ffect that there was rea son to apprehend a general rising of the Northern natives with a view to the total expulsion of the whites, and having grounds for such an apprehen sion the Governor did well to prosecute the war with all vigour and promptness. All must be unanimous in wishing for the conclusion of the lamentable struggle which is desolating the flourish ing colony, but we may be assured that whatever the successes of our arms, it will need a careful ad• mixture of generosity and justice, of firmness and conciliation, to maintain peace and plenty in our settlements without being driven to a policy of ex termination. THE FORGED DISPATCH, The following "Copy of Lard Lyons's dispatch referring to the alleged report of the Secretary of the Navy to the Congress of the Confederate States" was published yesterday : LORD LYONS TO EARL RUSSELL.— (Received April 3.) Washington, March 22, 1864. My Lord,—ln my dispatch of 31st Dzceuiber last I en closed an extract from a newspaper containing what pur ported to be a copy of a report of Mr, Mallory, the Confede rate Secretary of the Navy. Your lordship will recollect that the supposed report contained passages avowing the attempts to organise an invasion of the United States from Canada, and giving details with regard to ships of war stated to be building for the Confederate Goverment iu England and France. Some stress has, as your lordship is aware, been laid up n this document by Mr. Seward in his communications en the two subjects just mentioned. Atter alluding to the im portance which he had attached to it, Mr. Seward said to me on the 19th instant that he felt bound to tell me that he had just discovered that it was a forgery. He had, he said, taken considerable pains to discover whether it was authentic when it first appeared, and although he had been unable to procure any Southern paper containing it, he had quite satisfied himself that it was genuine. Recently, however, the person by whom it had been con cocted, hearing of his inquiries about it, had thought it right to let him know that it had been published originally as a merejeu d' esprit, and that partly the amusement which it had afforded to see every one taken in by it, and partly the notion that it was injuring the Confederate cause, had prevented an earlier avowal of the truth. Mr. Seward stated that it was very remarkable that no disavowal of the supposed report had, so far as he knew, appeared in the Southern newspapers. Its authenticity had, indeed, been denied by Captain Maury in England, but Captain Maury might not have had the means of know ing for certain whether it was really authentic or not. There was, however, now no doubt, Ur. Seward said, that it was a forgery.—l have, &c., (Signed) LYONS, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. ROUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 27. CriURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL. Order for second reading read. Motion made and question proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time." Amendment proposed, to leave nut the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the w ords " u p on this day six months." Question put, "Tha t the word now' stand part of th e que s ti on ." The house divided —A y es, 60 ; Noes, 160. . _ AYES-60. Archdall, Capt.3ll,E. Forde, Col. Mil ler, T. Beecroft, G. s. Bentinck, G. W. P. Gard, It. S. Pakenham, Col. Bentinck, G. C, Goddard, A. L. Rose, W. A. Beresford, W. Bruce, C. L. C. Haliburton, Gore, J. R. O. Salt, T. Bremridge, R. urfield, J. H. Grey deWilton Lord bco , Galway, Viscount Moffitt, W. Bridges, Sir B. Grogan, Sir E. Selwyn, C. J. T. C. Smi th, Abel Bruce, Sir H. H am ilt on, L or d C. Smollett, I'. Butt, Isaac H arve y , i t. B . Somes , Jos e p h Cargill, W. H ay, Si r J . StraceY , S ir H. Cartwright, Col. Ilesketh, Sir T. Sur tees, 11. E. Cole, Hon. H. Ho rn by, W. H. To ttenham,Lr.-Col. Cole, J. L. Hume, W. Tre herne, M. Copeland, Ald. Jones, D. Vyse , Co ` . Du Cane, C. linightley, R. Walcott, Adm. J. E. buncombe, A. Langton, W. G. Way, Arthur E.., , .j . Du Pre, C. Leslie, W. ELLERS Eellowes, Edward Long, R. I'. T Newdegate, C. Fergusson, Sir J. Lopes, Sir M. Finlay, A. S. Lyall, G. I si o ntagu, Lord R. Whitesiae Angerstein, W. NOES —l6O. H. E. 31arsh, M. IL Adair, Ewart, J. C. Adarn,W. I'. Ewing, H. E. C. Diartin,J. Ferrand, W. M. Mildmay, IL Agnew, Sir A. Fenwick, E. T. Morris, D W. D. Alcock, Fermoy, Lord Morrison, Aytoun, ft. S. Anson, Major Finch, C. W. Neste, C. Anstruther, Sir R. Fitzwilliam C. W. O'Conor Don, The Ayrton, A. S.Paget, C. Fleming, T.' W. raxton, Sir J. Bagwell, J. Foljamb, F. J. S. Barnes, T. Peel, Sir R. Bass, M. T. Gaskell, J. M. Forster, Charles D. Pease, H. render, J. Gibson, T. M. Pilkington, James Baxter, W. E. Gilpin, C. ._,,,,, Bazley, Thomas Gladstone, ),' • * Pollard Urquhart W Beach, W. W. Goldsmid, Sir F. Potter, E. Berkeley, Col. Gore, W. R. 0. Powell, W. Berkeley, C. P. F. Gower, F. L. Powell, J. Biddulph,,Col. R.M. Greene, J. .„. Price, It. G. Black, Adam Greenwood , J • Pr se, Capt. E. L. Blencowe, J. G. Gurney, Samuel Ramsden, Sir J. W. Bond, J. W. Hadtle.d, G. Ricardo, 0. Bouverie, E. P. Banbury, -R. Robartes, T. J. A. Brand, H. B. liankey, Thomson Robertson, D. Briscoe, J. I. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Robertson, H. Buchanan, W. Hartopp, E. B. Roebuck, J. A. Buller, Sir A. ilayter, sir W. Rogers, John J. Butler, C. S. llenuerson , J. Russell, A. J. E. Buxton, C. Henley, Lord St. Aubyn, J. Carneffie Ho. C. Heygate, Sir F. Sclater-Booth, G. „ , Clifford, C. C. 11 i o bert, .1. T. Seymour, A Clifton, Sir R. li odgson, K. Smith, J. B. Clive, George flop Nrood, J. T. Stacpoole, w, Cobden, lt. Horsun.n, E. Taylor, P. A. Cochrane, A. D. Humphery, W. Tollemache, Hon.F. Warner, E Cogan. W. H. Butt , W. Tracy, Hon. C. Coke, Col. Jack son, W. Tynte, Cu]. K. Colebrooke, Sir T.E. Jervois e, Sir J. Verney, Sir Harry Collins, T. King , lion. I'. Vivian, li, H. Colthurst, Sir G. King lake, A. W. .N:yner, Reginald Cox, W. King,rscote, Col. Waldron , L. Craufurd, E. 11. J. Knatchbull-Hugess Walter, John Dalglish, Robert Langton , W. H. G. Edward Darner, S. D. Lawson, W. Waterhouse, S. Davey, R. Leatham, E. Watkins, Gal,, Dawson. R. P. Lefevre, G. J. S. White, Jas. Dent, John Dent Lee , W. White, L. Dering, Sir E. Lennox , L ord G. G. Wickham, H. iv. Duff, It. Lewis , Harvey Williams, W. Dunbar, Sir Wm. Lindsay, W. S. Wood, Sir C. Dunlop, A. Locke, John Woods, Henry Egerton, Sir P. M'Cann, J. Wynn, C. W. W. Elcho, Lord Mackinnon,W. A. TELLERS. Evans, T. W. Maguire, J. F. Douglas, Sir C. Ewart, William Manners, Lord J. Enfield, Viscount A ROYAL PAMPHLETEER. — The Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, under the assumed name of Germanicus Vindex, has just published a reply to the speech made by the Earl of Malawsbury ou tile (audio= of the Duchiee,— Olignanti. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] Reported Rejection of the Armistice by Austria and Prussia. VIENNA, APRIL 28. According to the Oesterreichische Zeztung of to day the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin have declined as inadmissible the proposal made at the Conference on Monday for an Armistice, with a maintenance of the blockade of German ports. TEE WAR IN JUTLAND. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 27th, 9.15 a.m. On Monday last the enemy marched 10,000 strong to Wiborg. Only a few troops have been left is the towns of Southern Jutland. THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, APRIL 27. The Government has presented to the Chambers a very liberal electoral law. The Chambers have been prorogued until the 14th May. A public manifestation took place yes terday agaicst the vote of censure, which they re cently pissed upon the Government. To-day the reading of the message announcing the prorogation of the Chambers was enthusiasti cally applauded by the people. The Prince leaves to-morrow for Moldavia. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. LEMBERG, APRIL 27. It is reported that two engagements have taken place between the Poles under Boseak and the Russian troops. The cfficial Warsaw G:',z,Ate ackuowiedges that fresh bands of insurgents have made their appear- tune. Publication of an Evening Edition of the " Moniteur:" PARIS, APRIL 28. On and after the Ist May next the Moniteur will publish an evening edition, SPAIN, MADRID, APRIL 27. The birthday anniversary of the Dowager Queen of Spain has been celebrated to-day at Aranjuez by a grand reception. The Ministers have all left Madrid for Aranj uez. DEPARTURE OP GARIBALDI. FALMOUTH, APRIL 27. The Undine left Saint ltlawes at six this morning. The weather was fine. Ricciotti landed last night at the Royal Hotel Falmouth. He will proceed to London to•dey by the 12,41 train. QUEENSIOWN, APRIL 28. The Inman steamship City of London,from New York on the 16th inst., arrived here at 12,30 a.m. to-day, with 213 passengers and 821,476 in specie. She landed 33 passengers and proceeded at 12.40 a.m. FRANCE. In regard to the Conference the Paine says : " We learn from London that the proposal for an armistice emanating from the Cabinet at St. James's has been rfj::cted—in other words, referred to the different Cabinets for consideration. This dilatory proceeding is the utter sumo, ab initio, of Lord Pal. mer3ton'e policy. How is it possible now to admit that France can take up the refusal of the belligerent Powets, and associate herself with the desires for energetic action supposed to be entertained by the C,,bnet ? Tau French Government must say to itself to-day whit pubiic opini:in ioudiy proclaims—nEmely, that al: the misfortunes which Denmark are owing to the hesitating policy of the English Cabinet, and that it is not fur France to repair the fautts of England. Franco cannot but say, with every body else, that it the English 6o verntnent had sincerely desired an armistice, Lord Palmerston, who convoked the Conference for April 12, before the taking of Duppel, would net have put it off till the 20th, to give the Prussians time to in vade Jutland. In consenting to take part in the Conference, France has signed no pact with Eng land; she has neither fettered her will nor her action. She may leave doubted of the success of the tardy effort of British diplomacy, but would not, there fore, on that account refuse her participation—that is all. The concurrence of France was given, but the effort turns out to have been useless, and now the Imperial Government cannot go further. Prus sian policy triumphs, and it triumphs by the aid of England. This consideration may perhaps console the Cabinet of St. James's; but it must impose upon France a reserve all the more absolute that neither Europe nor Denmark can now misapprehend the entirely loyal conduct of the Emperor," BOURSE, April 27.—The market opened at a decline on the closing rates of yesterday, but soon afterwards recovered. Threes, for the Account, which commenced at 66f. 700., are now at 66f. 85e. Mobilier, after having been done at 1,175 f., have since advanced to 1,205 f. The Railway Market has been heavy, and with prices in some cases lower. The market continued buoyant to the close, and left off as follows 41 per Cents. 93 50 Italian Loan 69 10 Do. end month.... Do. end month 69 15 3 per Cents Do. end month.... 67 05 Do. end month.... Credit M0bi1ier....1230 .. Russian Do. end m0nth....1237 50 Austrian Bank Shares 3375 Spanish Threes.... 51 73 Credit Foncier 1270 [tome Debt Ronan — Deferred - AYB. Cash. Account. 890 887 50 975 .. 972 50 950 952 50 887 50 .. 675 .. 672 50 505 480 .. 480 371 25 .. 3E7 50 415 417 50 b 55 560 492 50 .. 49) 575 575 270 275 RAIL Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... Sardinian Austrian Low rd North of Spain Saragossa bitto to Barcelona DEATH OF MR. KERSHAW, M.P.—lntelligence was received by electric telegraph yesterday, in Manchester, of the death, at btroatham, Surrey, of Mr. J. Kershaw, one of the members for Stockport, and head of the firm of Kershaw, Si,iebottom, and Co., cotton spinners, manufActurers, and calico printers, Portlrud-street, Man chester. Mr. Kershaw was burn iu 1795, and was one of the successful men of the day. lie started in life as a ware house lad, but showed such eminent business qualities that at a tolerably early age he was made a partner in the mer cantile firm of Lees, Millington, an.l Cullender, of which ultimately he became the leading partner, It was not till some years after that he became a spinner and manufac turer. As a liberal politician he took part in most of the stirring events in Manchester from 1830 forwards, includ ing the Reform and the A.uti-Corn Law League agitations. He was a member of the Council of the League, and sup ported the movement liberally with his purse as welt as with his voice and personal irdluenee. lie was a subscriber of £l,OOO to the " Great Anti-Corn Law League Fund," as it was termed, and about the same time be subscribed £l,OOO towards purchasing public parks for the people of Manches ter. He was also a liberal supporter of schools and foreign missions. So munificent was he in his desire to promote any work which he thought to be good that it is said in a single year his name was down as a subscriber to three different objects to the amount of £l,OOO each. He was an earnest supporter of the movement for obtaining a charter of incor poration for Manchester, was elected an alderman of the first Town Council under the charter, and was made Mayor of Manchester in 1843, holding the office for two years. He became a candidate for the representation of Stockport in Parliament with Mr. Cobden in July, 1847, but was de feated. In December of the same year, however, on Mr. Cobden vacating his seat at Stockport to accept a seat for the West Riding of Yorkshire, he stood a second contest, and was elected. He continued to hold the seat till his death, He was held in high respect both in Stockport and Manchester. He lost his only sou some years ago, but seve ral daughters survive him, Field Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.B, The public will have learned with pleasure that this venerable and gallant veteran is the subject of a proposed monument, commemorative of his military career and his private worth, about to be erected in Chester by public subscrption. A list of contributors has already appeared, and their numbers are daily increasing. Meetings have been held in the Castle of Chester to decide upon the form the intended memorial shall take, the locality to ba chosen, and the artist to whom the work shall be entrusted. The Lord Bishop of Chester, the Earl Grosvenor, and the leading names of the county are upon the committee appointed to confer on the subject with Baron Marochetti, the proposed sculptor. It may be interesting at this moment to-recapi tulate the several services in the career of this distinguished soldier. Lord Combermere is the eldest son of the late Sir IL Stapleton Cotton, M.P. for Cheshire. He was born in the year 1770, en tered the army in 1791, and served in Flanders in the campaign of 1793-94. Two years later he em barked for the Cape of Good Hope, under Sir T. Craig, in command of the 25th Light Dragoons, and, accompanying his regiment to India, went through the campaign of 1798.99, against Tippoo Saib, and was present at the siege of Seringapatam. In 1808 he accompanied Lord Wellington to the Peninsula in command of a cavalry brigade; here he particularly signalised himself during the cam paign in the north of Portugal, and in the opera tions of Oporto, and afterwards at the battle of Talavera: In the following year he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, and in 1810 he was appointed to the command of the forces under the Duke of Wallington. In this position he remained till the close of the war in 1814, dis tinguishing himself at the head of the cavalry upon every occasion, and !Aug frequently men. tioned in the dispatches. He covered the I-Flrcat, from Aitneida to Torres Vedras, and rook part in the battles .of Busaco. Fuentes sl 0 Jo!, and Saleeee:lea, ei - Lre wounded; and s' .o ie those of the Pyrenees, Orthes, and Toulouse. In 1817 1w was appointed governor of Barbadoes, and commander the foreas in the West Indies, which he exchanged in 1822 for the chief command of the British forces in India, where he was at the head of the troops at the siege and capture of Bhurtpore in 1825.26. A peerage had been granted to him for his Peninsularservices, and he was then raised to a viscountcy for his Indian exploits. On the death of the Duke of Wellington he was appointed constable of the Tower of London, and lord lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets, and in 1855 was advanced to the rank of field marshal in the array. His lordship is a G.C.8.; he also holds an appointment in the Court as gold stick in wait ing to her Majesty. He is now reposing in the quietude of his Cheshire home, rich in years, and full of honours, after a period of active military ser vice extending far beyond the average life of man. The Capture of Fort Pillow. The Montreal Ocean Mail Steamship Company's screw steamer Hibernian, Captain Button, which left Portland, Maine, on the evening of the 16th inst., arrived in the Mersey at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. A telegraphic summary of the news has already appeared. The particulars of the capture of Fort Pillow are given in a despatch of the 14th from Cairb, Illinois, as follows :—" The attack began on Tuesday morn ing, the 12th. The Confederate tieneral Forrest soon sent a flag of truce demanding the surrender of the fort and garrison ; in the meanwhile so disposing his troops as to take the advantage of our forces. Major Booth, who commanded, refused the flag of truce, and the fighting recommenced. After wa►ds a second fl ,g came in, which was also re• fused. Both flags gave the rebels the advan tage of gaining new positions. The battle was kept up until three p.m., when Major Boca was killed, and Major Bradford took command. The rebels now made such a furious attack that our min were compelled to surrender. Immediately upon the surrender, a scene ensued which Mlles all de scription. Up to that time comparatively few of our men had been killed, but instantly on takitg hose lion of the fort the fieads commenced an in= di,crinoinate balchery of the whites and blacks, including ihusd of 1331. a colours who had pre -1- ea wounded. The black soldiers , ::,iscuralisA, rushed to the rear, itt ffieers having thrown down their B.)th white and black were b3yon.etftd, shot, or sabred. Even dead bodies were horri.)l . y mutilated, and children and several th gni women were murdered in cold blooi. Soldiers, unable to speak from wounds, were shot dead, and their bodies thrown into the river. The dead and wounded negroes were piled in heaps and burned; and several citizens, who had joined our forces for protection, were killed and wounded. Out of the garrison of 600 but 200 remained alive. Major Bradford is said to have escaped. The steamer Platte Valley came up at about 3.30 p.m., and was hailed by the rebels under a flag of truce. Some men were sent ashore to bury the dead, and take aboard such of the wounded as the enemy tiad allowed to live. 57 men were taken aboard, includ ing 7or 8 coloured ; 8 died on the way up. The steamer arrived at Cairo, and was immediately sent to Mound City, to discharge her suffering cargo. Six guns were captured by the rebels, and carried off. A large amount of stores was destroyed or carried off. The intention of the rebels seemed to be to move on towards Memphis, and capture the place." Another despatch of the 15th, from Cairo, says: —" Three other negroes were buried alive by the rebels at Fort Pillow, making five in all. All were wounded but one; he was forced to help to dig pits, and was then thrown in and covered with the rest. " General Chalmers said to a Federal officer on the steamer Platte Valley that it was their inten tion to show no mercy to Southerners serving in the Union army and negroes ; but the genuine Yankee would ba treated as a prisoner of war." A correspondent of the St. Louis Union, who was on board the steamer Platte Valley, et Fort Pillow, says many of the wounded were shot in the hospital. The remainder were driven out and the hospital burned. On the morning after the battle the rebels went over the field and shot the negroes who had not died from their wounds. Of 350 coloured troops not more than 56 escaped massacre, and not one officer that commanded them survives. General Cnalmers told this correspondent that, although it was against the policy of his Govern ment to spare negro soldiers or their officers, he had done all in his power to stop the carnage, but at the same time he believed it was right. Another officer s lid the white troops wouid hay?, been protected had they not been found on duty with the negroes. STATE OF TRADE. --._.~._ DUNDEE, April 26,—The demand for flax, tow, and codilla is entirely consumptive, and only small sales are reported. The Riga ships ar•e now coming io, which will supply spinners and keep the market quiet. Jute is also in very moderate request, end rather easier to buy. The inquiry for all descrip• tuns of yarns, flax, tow, and jute is still active, sue prices are fully maintained. There is no change in the demand for linen, the orders coming in quite as fast as they are produced, and manufacturers both of coarse and fine fabrics are very busy and largely foresold. NOTTINGHAM, 27th.—There is a shade more do ing in several branches of the lace trade this week. Cotton goods are in a little better request, and for silk Mechlins and quiltings the demand is very active. Black silk laces and edgings still remain a dull sale, but stocks in the dealers' hands are be• coming lighter. There is still a very little doing for Germany, and no improvement for the continen• tai market is expected while matters remain so un settled. In hosiery there has been a fair amount of business doing, and business generally remains healthy. Yarns are very firm, with an upward tendency. SIGNOR MERCADANTE is announced as having completed a grand overture, with no 10S8 taking a title than " The Polish Insnrreetion." J rtliM Mart4' y HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, April 27. The Queen, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and Princess Louise walked out yesterday. Prince Leopold took a drive. --- A deputation, introduced by Mc. Ewart, the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P., and Mr. C. in r ner, M.P., had an i n te rv i ew w ith L o rd Palme rston , at Cambridge-hou se y es t er d a y u p on the subject 01, the African trade. Th e d e p u t a ti o n consisted. 01 Messrs. R. and W. King, of the Anglo•Afrleand Company of London; Messrs. Lucas, Brothers, a n i Co., of Bristol; Messrs. Thomas Harrison, G• Horsfall, A. Ashmall, Peter Stuart, Peter Doug la'' T. Cookson, E. Hatton, I. Tyson, S. J. Arnold, G . I. Cornish, T. Cleaton, and J. B. Cooper (secretary to the African Association), all of Liverpool. .Despatches were rec e iv e d y es t ei d a y at the Co le, vial-office from the Go fernor of Prince BdW ar& Island. The Duchess of St. Albans and Viscount Falk; land entertained a select pa r ty a t di nner l as t eveniugt at their residence at Princes-gate. The Countess of V era l am h as i ssue d c ards f or a dancing party on the 11th of next month, at her mans ion in Great Stanhope-street. The Earl Granville h as b een con fi ne d to hie residence in Braton•street, for some days past, by a 9669 cold. The Earl and Count ess Sp encer an d LidY SAair,,a{ Spencer are expected t o arr i ve i n town a b out t h e mid''' . e May, from Egypt, for the season, The Eart Howe, t,ince his arrival in WO, 1318 been confined to Cuizoa House by indisposition. Field, Marsh•id Viscount Combermere a nd V it. countess Combermere are not to arrive in L: radon for the season until the second week in May. c,nd Viscountess Stratford de Rede l u ff ie received a select circle a t di nner l ast even i ng a t the residence in Giosveuor-square. Lord and Lady Henniker and the Hon. M igje , if Henniker are exp ec t e d i n town earls' next week, il l " Thornham Hall, Suffolk, for the season, THE CONFERENCE, The Paris papers of this morning publish S details respecting the Conference. La France says :-- "At the meeting of the Conference on Monl ei the first question mooted was that of an artnisti ce i The demand was made conjointly by France 8 ° England. We are as sure d t h at t h e plenipotentioleo of the German Powers had come without any in t ; struotions on the subj ec t, an d th at t h ey h a ve be n d obliged to refer to their respective Government s. _ . La Patrie says:— • " We have received from various sources accna ti of the sitting of the Conference on the 25th j i l t ; The proposition of an arm i s ti ce was fornla l l brought forward, with the condition that the 1311 : 1 ; • pension of hostilities should no t i mp l y t h a t Of t; existing blockade. The pl en ip o t ent i ar i es o f Anstr i and Prussia at once declared that they had no structions on that point, but accepted the pr 0 0 °I ; tion ad referendum, that is to say, that they 01115 consult their respective Governments." The London correspondence of the Independa rics Beige contains the following : " The Conference met on the 25th. All the plenipotentiaries were present. After having e ll ; changed their credentials, Lord Cl aren d on broug ht forward the proposal of an immediate armibt ice. The proposal was supported by the plenipnt en° tiaries of France, Russia, and Sweden. It g ale rise to a somewhat lively discussion between th e representatives of Austria and Prussia on the one hand and of Denmark on th e ot h er , Final the Austrian and Prussian pl en ip o t ent i ar i es aske d for the time necessary to refer to their Gore fir ments fur instructions, and the Conference has heal adjourned until they have received them." The Journal des Debats says :—" We do not pee' tend to know everything that passed at the Couf e ' recce on the 25th instant, but what results can 151 expect from a Conference which finds itself pare.: :yzed in its action at the very outset by. suc h o,:erutrigs as those of Austria and Prussia, o b° already ro:ling heavy stones into the path t ° obstruct the action of dtploinac3. 9' A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated 26 111 ' . gives the following extract float the London c orre >purFlent (telegraphic) of the Abend Post, 11 journal puhasheci at that capital'— °' Yesterd I (25th), the Conference met in plentli A provisional suspension of ho s tiliti es b y la nd arj e by sea was proposed, with th e ma i ntenance of 03 4 blockade,until a resolution has b e en adopt ed respecting the armistice. er o " The plenipotentiaries of th e b e lli geren t Posy . 0 have accepted the proposition a d re f eren da?", await instructions from their respective Gove lifid malts." The Abend-Post observes that the clause for 1.13 9 maintenance of the blockade d ur i ng th e armistics scarcely admits of th e p ro b a bility th a t Austria Sad Prussia will accept the proposition. SCOTTISH NATIONAL MEMORIAL TO THE PRINC S CONSORT.-A meeting of the acting committee promoting the Scottish national memorial was held e : Edinburgh on Tuesday, under the presidency of the Do ge of Buccleuch. His grace reported that he had not bad opportunity last summer of ascertaining the Queen's wiol lej on the subject, but ho had lately been in communicat O with General Grey, to whom he intimated that there 011 1 considerable anxiety felt as to what form the m emori l should take, both in regard to the site and the design, $11 : her Majesty had been pleased to follow very much the p r % cedent set in London of naming a small committee of edit to assist her with their counsel in the matter. Her Ma.le stJ t had already decided that Edinburgh, as the metropoile. 6 , Scotland, was the most appropriate place for a Scot tie national memorial, but nothing had yet been determin ed : either as to the mode of obtaining designs, whether op ee, ; or by express invitation to leadingartists, or as to the pre ei 'it situation and character of the design. On these poin ts would be the duty of the committee to give the best ad v ; in their power. The committee named by her Majesty c e o r ''' sisted of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Right Sir William Gibson Craig, the Right Hon. Sir J. Sir John Watson Gordon (president of the Royal Scott Academy), Dr. Lyon Playfair, and himself, A long ".""; cussion took place as to the position of the acting non1 10 ';; tee in the present circumstances, when it was resolved thank the Duke of Buccleuch for the steps he had taken ' 1 ; accordance with the request made to him, and to await the further expression of her Majesty's wishes as to the site ° nature of the memorial, Several members expressed thoe/; selves in favour of an open competition, but this °til er ° feared would deter many eminent artists who might el forward on invitation. A statement of accounts was r ed trom which it appeared that the fund amounted to 8 19°- 13,000. Five designs which had been scat in to the eel committee were produced, several of them consisted e sculpture, others combined architectural compositions: wi of sculpture. They were handed over to the committee advice. A vote of thanks was th,n tendered to the D uke of Buccleuch for presiding. great SIIAKSPi RE'S REPRESENTATIVES.-10 tbis year at Jubilee, We 30Utb. of Silakspere the W E ' sad the last, it will be singular if something new concellvt tug him, his family, his fellows, or his works, does 0° come to light. W 3 tear the chance of learning unY ti3i lf uew,,ei corroborating anything old about him, is but stea As to his family - , the mine h as b een pr....,ity nearly w erl ‘ 3 d It , out. Mr. Harnesss Sound a new husand for Mrs. Sil ti rd s p er e, one _Richard James; Mr. Collier provided the 19'1 with a new son : of the name of Edward ; and foreastaucP as the line of Snakspere's own descendants ceased on tuft' death of Lady B arnar d, i n 1670, i t seeme d difficult, to 0-1 the least of it, to furnish him with a new legal repro e c 7; tative. Yet even th a t f ea t was essa y e d by one 1 Peshall, who, i n 1341, m a d e public her claim to tha t dis tinguished honour. We do not remember how slit' a i tempted to prove her claim; nor do we see how she C°ll , have done so, unless she established an illegitimate bran f from the unknown lady who, thanks to the forgetive wit; Armitage Brown and Thomas de Quincey, has b een brated as the joint mistress of Lady Pembroke and spere.—Once a Week. By CHEAP EDITION OF LES MISERABLES." Victor Hugo.—Messrs, Hurst and Brackett hav e just issued a rare and cheap edition of the authorized E , e g; lish translation of Victor Hugo's celebrated novel`ji by Miserables," in a single volume, beautifully illustratedt Millais, price ss. bound, forming the new volurane.o the ir popular standard library. In its present cheap a elegant continent, " The form, the work will doubtless find as many England as it has already met with on the cota' a , merits of Les bEserables,' " says the QUartelV ALetnere. of it as a who " do not merely consist in the conception It abounds, page after page, with details of unequalled p :chasers in beauty."